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19/09/2025

Happy release week to our fabulous new September titles!

🕰️ Jane Doe and the God of All Hours is finally here! Enjoy the explosive finale of the best-selling Jane Doe Chronicles and follow Jane and her friends on one last adventure.

🎄 Christmas has come early with Claris and the Christmas Surprise, where Claris is baking up a storm to celebrate with new and old friends.

🐨 Slow down and take a moment to colour in with adorable illustrations from Australian artist Mimi Purnell, featuring hand-drawn images of Australian animals baking iconic and nostalgic Australian treats.

16/09/2025

We are so excited to announce our shortlist for the Little Hare Illustration Prize!

We’ve seen so many exciting submissions, so it was very hard to whittle it down to a shortlist. After careful consideration, the judges selected five illustrators whose submissions not only excited them but also worked well alongside the competition text, Dinosaur Stomp by

Our shortlisted illustrators are:
⭐ Antonia Ridge
⭐ Clare Yang
⭐ Leah Chen
⭐ Sally Small
⭐ WenWen Chen

Congratulations to the shortlisted creators, and our thanks to everyone who took the time to submit artwork for consideration. The winner of the prize will be announced shortly, so keep an eye out!

15/09/2025

We had SO many amazing entries from young poets all across Australia: heartfelt, hilarious and powerful haiku that stopped us in our tracks.

Poet Maxine Beneba Clarke read every single one (yes, all of them!) and has chosen a winner and two runners-up in each age category.

🏆 A huge congratulations to these talented young writers – you should all be incredibly proud!

Make sure to check out Maxine’s latest poetry collection, Stuff I’m (Not) Sorry For.

Thank you to every teacher, librarian, parent and student who got involved. We LOVED seeing your beautiful creativity!

26/08/2025

Happy release day to our spectacular September titles!

🧚 Follow the adventures of a youngest sibling with a limitless imagination in the brand-new, laugh-out-loud series, A Little Bit Lola!

🎈 Ebb and Flo are back with two fun new adventures to add to the series: Party Pooper and Cool Beans!

🎃 With spookily sweet illustrations, Baby's First Halloween celebrates baby's first trick-or-treating outing. There's plenty to see and delight in, from flickering jack-o'-lanterns to giggling ghosts.

🚋 Train of Thought is a fun-filled ride through the twists and turns of a runaway imagination.

🏈 A joyous, inclusive picture book that celebrates the history and evolution of the Tasmania Football Club – The Tasmania Devils, ahead of its entrance to the AFL in 2028.

🐶 Cynthia is a Wild Dog is a wry, witty and lovable picture about a small dog with a wild heart.

🐠 Derek is a curious story about a curious fish who is determined to find answers to his questions.

15/08/2025

The CBCA results are in... and what an incredible result it is!
We are thrilled to see all four of our shortlisted books acknowledged, and a huge congratulations to all incredible creators!

A round of applause for:
🚚 The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell: WINNER Picture Book of the year
🌱 Grow Big, Little Seed by Sarah Capon: WINNER New Illustrator Award
🐺 Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough: HONOUR BOOK in the Older Readers category
🌊 Afloat by Kirli Saunders and Freya Blackwood: HONOUR BOOK in the Picture Book category

31/07/2025

Meet Hanz and Franz.
They're waiters in elevators.
In the Rigatoni Hotel …

Hanz and Franz are the world's most diligent waiters and they think of the Rigatoni Hotel's loyal guests as friends, and their fellow workers as family.

But when no one says please, much less thank you, it starts to wear on our waiters in elevators. Will they hand in their resignation at last? And how will the hotel and its guests cope without them?

29/07/2025

Happy release day to our fabulous August titles!

📚 We have FIVE amazing new titles from Australian Children's Laureate , with two new characters joining the School of Monsters class (illustrated by ) and three new Billie B Brown adventures (illustrated by .art).

🏃 Run by is an electrifying middle-grade novel about a twelve-year-old called Cas, who runs away to avoid a reunion with his estranged father. Cas soon finds himself lost in the wilderness, completely alone and without help. Or is he?

🏉 Libby's Footy Adventures from North Melbourne star and All-Australian footballer comes the first official AFLW picture book about courage, friends and footy!

🐶 Scotty and the Scotties by is a delightfully funny read-aloud picture book about a family of scottie dogs, but also about being your own scotty. It has a fun 'search-and-find' element as readers need to find the 'real' scotty!

🛎️ Waiters in Elevators by and is a madcap adventure with a message of gratitude at its heart. A book the whole family will love reading again and again.

30/06/2025

Happy release day to our spectacular July titles!

🌿 Baabinje’s Backyard by , illustrated by
A beautiful new picture book about a grandmother's love for her garden, her Country and her family.

☕ My Nonno Loves by , illustrated by .frittitta
A gorgeous story about what makes grandfathers special, what they love, and why we love them.

🌳 My Father's Arms by .dalia_author, illustrated by
A joyous celebration of all the tender, connected and loving dads out there.

👣 Into the Bewilderness by
The delightful graphic novel debut about two best friends going on an adventure into the big city.

28/06/2025

The PERFECT book for baby's first birthday! Share in the delight of baby's very first birthday in this gorgeous board book from bestselling creator Cheryl Orsini.

27/06/2025

Down in the garden,
away from the sun,
a little green frog
is having some fun!

Frogs Are Our Friends invites readers into a stunning garden to admire the important work of one little frog.

26/06/2025

This endearing picture book in rhyme is a love letter to bookshops and the space they provide for discovery and delight.

A little boy adores visiting the old bookshop down Lemon Tree Lane with his grandpa – its nooks and crannies, its endless stories, and even the bookshop dog at the back. That is, until the day the owners box up the books, take down the shelves and lock the doors, and the bookshop is no more. But then something wonderful happens …

25/06/2025

LIGHTNING
by Maxine Beneba Clarke

White-silver streak,
splitting velvet-black sky.

Jagged rip
in the fabric
of the universe.

Luminous
cosmic
faultline.

from Stuff I'm (Not) Sorry For, the stunning collection of 99 poems for young readers from Maxine Beneba Clarke.

Don't miss our Haiku competition, https://hardiegrant.com/stuff

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